cypripedium
any orchid of the genus Cypripedium, comprising the lady's-slippers.
Origin of cypripedium
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How to use cypripedium in a sentence
On the other hand, a double-flowered form is possibly in embryo, and before the next century closes the cypripedium acaule Ait.
But here I must be specific, and in truth cypripedium insigne Sanderae is not to be so described.
The Woodlands Orchids | Frederick BoyleEvery evening they brought in a load of orchids more or less valuable, but never cypripedium Curtisii.
The Woodlands Orchids | Frederick Boylecypripedium Curtisii was selling in London at the moment for many guineas—a small plant too.
The Woodlands Orchids | Frederick BoyleA good many of them probably received commissions to find cypripedium Spicerianum.
The Woodlands Orchids | Frederick Boyle
British Dictionary definitions for cypripedium
/ (ˌsɪprɪˈpiːdɪəm) /
any orchid of the genus Cypripedium, having large flowers with an inflated pouchlike lip: See also lady's-slipper
any cultivated tropical orchid of the genus Paphiopedilum, having yellow, green, or brownish-purple waxy flowers
Origin of cypripedium
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